GW Pharmaceuticals has announced it has received marketing authorisation for Epidyolex (not a typo) for treating certain conditions in all 28 EU countries as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.Epidyolex is probably better known (for now) as Epidiolex - the name it is marketed under in the USA and...
Last week Shopify Inc. announced it would allow U.S.-based retailers to sell select hemp or hemp-derived CBD products via its commerce platform.“Shopify has unmatched expertise in emerging industries, along with the resources merchants need to be successful in the fast-growing market of hemp-derived CBD products in the U.S.,” said...
Nine new research grants from the USA's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) will fund investigations into the potential pain-relieving properties of cannabis phytochemicals - and how they work.The various studies will look at major cannabinoids such as cannabidiol and also minor cannabinoids, plus terpenes.“THC may help...
The popularity of cannabidiol - and the prices people are willing to pay for it - is attracting shoddy and shonky operators putting people's health and lives at risk.A recent Associated Press (AP) investigation revealed 10 out of 30 vaping products it commissioned testing on that were marketed as...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing the FDA to issue formal “enforcement discretion” on the sale of hemp CBD products.Currently it is the FDA's official view that it is illegal for CBD to be sold in interstate commerce as a food additive or dietary supplement. However, there...
Imperial College London and medical cannabis company EMMAC are teaming up to evaluate cannabinoids in relation to what's called the "entourage effect".
What Is The Entourage Effect?
The term entourage effect was coined by Israeli researchers back in 1998 to describe a concept of medical cannabis treatment efficacy not being confined...
Last week the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent more warning letters to companies over claims it alleges have been made relating to cannabidiol (CBD).This warning shot across the bows follows a round of letters sent in March this year by the FTC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).While...
Australia's Little Green Pharma announced last week it had exported a sample of its commercial medical cannabis products to a company in Germany for product testing.Little Green Pharma Managing Director Fleta Solomon said this marked the first time an Australia producer of locally grown medical cannabis has seen...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wants to increase the amount of marijuana produced for research next year - and by quite a margin.The DEA is proposing a boost from 2,450 kilograms in 2019 to 3,200 kilograms in 2020. This year's level was also quite a jump on 2018, when...
The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) has told Governor Kristi Noem to "quit spreading lies" about industrial hemp and start focusing on the benefits it will bring her state.South Dakota is one of 4 remaining hemp holdout states - i.e. it hasn't enacted legislation legalising the crop. It's...
